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Egress

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Lat. egressus, going out), in astronomy, the end of the apparent transit of a small body over the disk of a larger one; especially of a transit of a satellite of Jupiter over the disk of that planet. It designates the moment at which the smaller body is seen to leave the limb of the other.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Egress'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/egress.html. 1910.
 
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